I rise today to express my support for the National Defense Authorization Act and to highlight amendments that I have sponsored or cosponsored to enhance opportunities for servicemembers and their families. The NDAA represents one of the…

I strongly oppose this amendment. I appreciate the thoughts of the gentleman, but this is the wrong place to go about it. This amendment just indiscriminately cuts programs in this bill without any thought to the relative merit of the…

I am sorry to disagree, but I hope that my colleagues won't be fooled by the comments coming from the proponents of this amendment. This is not about energy security or energy imports and exports. It is not about jobs. Instead, this is…

I do appreciate my colleague from Oklahoma clarifying that it is a big State for renewables and Texas is as well, and I encourage them to continue farther down that path because that is certainly an important challenge that we have to…

I claim the time in opposition, although I do not oppose the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentlewoman from Maine is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

And I rise to offer my amendment to H.R. 3055. Mr. Chair, it is frequently said that working men and women feel left out by their government's decisionmaking process. Too often in Washington, those with the greatest financial means can get…

I am sorry to say that I have to oppose the amendment from the gentleman from Oklahoma and appreciate his thoughts, but he is completely wrong. The amendment is a harmful rider that would prohibit the EPA from considering the social cost…

I thank my colleague for yielding me time, and I thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Huffman) for raising concerns that I think many of us have. But in this case, I am supporting this amendment. Mr. Chair, I have long fought to…

I thank you again for having this hearing, my colleague from New Hampshire for sharing her own experience, and just reminding us all that it sort of doesn't matter what position you take on in life.

Women and men who had experienced military sexual trauma came to my office seeking help as a desperate last resort.

Thank you for focusing attention on proper compensation for those who have suffered sexual trauma during their military service.

VVA would like to thank Congresswoman Luria for her hard work and dedication to women veterans.

I have waited over 20 years to tell anyone and I don't know if I can go on.

the bill, when enacted into law, would amend Title 38, United States Code, to expand health care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs for military sexual trauma and for other purposes.

I thank the chair of the Rules Committee for yielding me the time, and I thank his fellow committee members for the hard work that they do and their staff putting in so many long hours around this appropriations process. Madam Speaker, I…

Lastly, Madam Speaker, the bill includes language preventing the USDA from relocating the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and the Economic Research Service. I am deeply disappointed that the administration is moving forward with…

Educate the doctors. You know, the situation I am talking about are those veterans in the VA system though who are choosing to use medical marijuana.

I thought I might give you an opportunity to kind of talk about how that may have negative impacts on small businesses only having one bank to go to.